Horror in New Zealand

The Investigative Project on Terrorism condemns the massacre of Muslims in two New Zealand mosques during Friday prayer by a self-described "ordinary white man" who "decided to take a stand."

At this moment, 49 people are dead and dozens more are hospitalized in Christchurch.

Three men and a woman reportedly are in police custody, although the killing appears to be the work of one man, described as being in his late 20s. He live-streamed his slaughter and posted an anti-immigrant manifesto online, including on a platform known for extreme right wing ideas.

In it, he said he was inspired by Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik and decried a "large group of invaders" who "seek to occupy my peoples (sic) lands and ethnically replace my own people."